As dawn began to break, Cui Ciyou slowly awoke amid the stillness of Migurdia Village.
His long conversation with Rowin and his wife the night before had taught him about Roxy's past.
A jumble of emotions filled Cui Ciyou's heart, and he had barely slept. He wanted to do something for Roxy.
Now, he decided to wander around the village, both to clear his head and to learn more about the place where Roxy had grown up.
The architecture of the Migurdia village was quite distinctive. Each house resembled a giant turtle shell resting upside down on the ground. They were the shells of Great King Land Turtles, the villagers' main source of food.
These Turtle Shell Houses stood in a pleasingly irregular arrangement, their rugged, primitive beauty blending into the desolate expanses of the Demon Continent.
Cui Ciyou strolled along. The morning air carried the slight chill peculiar to the Demon Continent, along with the strange scent of some unknown plant.
The village was quiet. Following their people's customs, most adult Migurdia men had already left early to hunt.
Occasionally, he spotted Migurdia women-girls who looked like middle schoolers-busy at the entrances to their Turtle Shell Houses, or watching their young children play in the open spaces.
They cast curious looks at Cui Ciyou, a stranger from another land, but showed no hostility.
They remained silent. They were probably conversing through telepathy!
After staring at him for a while-and talking through telepathy for a while-they returned to their own business.
Cui Ciyou thought:
It seems only the Village Chief and Rowin stay in the village all the time!
Rowin seems to be the strongest swordsman among the Migurdia, roughly at the level of an Advanced Swordsman. Is he in charge of guarding the entrance-a security guard?
*But they don't